Game 29, printed pages 38–39, from William Steinitz’s The Book of the Sixth American Chess Congress (1891).

1. 2.c3 This old opening is very rarely adopted in modern play. The preliminary of 2 KKt—B3, 2 QKt—B3 makes the advance of the QBP more feasible.
2. 2…Nf6 We agree with the German “Handbuch” in giving 2...P—Q4 the preference.
3. 3.d4 The German “Handbuch” gives here the following continuation: 3 P—KB4, 3 PxP; 4 P—Q3, 4 P—Q4; 5 P—K5, 5 Q—K2; 6 Q—K2, 6 Kt—Kt5; 7 Kt—B3, 7 QKt—B3; 8 BxP, with the better game.
4. 3…d5 A new line of play which seems to lead to an early equalization.
5. 4.f4 Simply throwing away a valuable Pawn. 4 PxQP, 4 QxP; 5 PxP would have made an even game of it.
6. 7.Bc4 Losing valuable time. Obviously B—Q3 at once was better.
7. 11.Bxe4 With so few pieces in play this exchange forebodes early disaster, especially as he cannot recover the Pawn by it.
8. 12.Ng5 If 12 QxP, 12 R—K sq. wins speedily.
9. 13.g4 Still more weakening his K side, which is already in bad condition.
10. 15.Nxe4 Disastrous. 15 QKt—Q2, and if 15...P—KR3; 16 P—KR4, might have given him a chance of holding out.
11. 19…Rxe4 Decisive, and making the rest easy.
12. 22…Nxb4 Black's superiority of force and play asserts itself irresistibly.